The Big 12’s PayPal and Venmo deal signals the future: NIL payments made easier and safer for student-athletes — and a college sports landscape that may never look the same.

Thousands of student-athletes will be able to receive university revenue-sharing payments through PayPal, as the payments ...

The multi-year agreements with the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences will create a new system for paying college athletes through PayPal and its sister service Venmo, following a recent federal court ...

President Donald Trump on July 24, 2025 issued an executive order titled “Saving College Sports.” This order, which follows recent significant ...

The multi-year agreements with the Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences will create a new system for paying college athletes through PayPal and its sister service Venmo, following a recent federal court ...

The settlement allows individual schools to distribute up to $20.5 million to current athletes over the next year, and provides up to $2.8 billion in compensation to former players across the NCAA.

In the latest example of gamblers harassing athletes, U.S. Open favorite Scottie Scheffler has deleted Venmo because disgruntled bettors requested payments from him.

For PayPal and Venmo, the NIL partnership highlights the trust student-athletes need when managing new streams of income. “PayPal has been around for 25-plus years now.